# Rudolf Molleker

Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of world No. 376 on 21 March 2022.

## Personal information

He was born in Sieverodonetsk in Ukraine to Roman and Tanja Molleker and moved to Oranienburg in Germany when he was three years old. He is of Russian–German descent.
He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018.

## Career
### 2017: ATP debut

Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open in Hamburg after defeating Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser, in the qualifying rounds.

### 2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins

Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final.
He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round.
At the German Open in Hamburg, as a wildcard, he beat former world No. 3 David Ferrer in the first round.

### 2019: Grand Slam and top 150 debut

Molleker made his Grand Slam debut at the 2019 Australian Open, battling through three qualifying rounds before falling to world No. 16 Diego Schwartzman in four sets.
At the 2019 BMW Open he recorded his third ATP win over Marius Copil. He also entered the doubles event with Andre Begemann as an alternate pair.
At the 2019 French Open, he performed a similar feat to the Australian Open, twice coming back from a set down to qualify for the main draw. He again lost in four sets in the first round, this time to Alexander Bublik.
He received a wildcard in singles and in doubles for the main draw of the 2019 Hamburg European Open. He defeated Leonardo Mayer to record his fourth ATP singles win.

### 2021–2024

In 2021, he received a wildcard in Stuttgart but lost to Marin Čilić. He received a wildcard in doubles at the 2021 Hamburg European Open partnering Daniel Altmaier.
He received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Hamburg European Open but lost to compatriot and wildcard Maximilian Marterer.
Ranked No. 179, he also received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 BMW Open and defeated qualifier Francesco Passaro for his fifth ATP win.

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | Q2 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Career total: 13 | Career total: 13 | Career total: 13 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 5–13 | 28% |
| Year-end ranking | 566 | 207 | 164 | 217 | 379 | 333 | 201 | 268 | | | | |

## ATP Challenger finals
### Singles: 3 (2–1)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (2–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | Heilbronn, Germany | Clay | Jiří Veselý | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2019 | Poznan, Poland | Clay | Tommy Robredo | 7–5, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Gabriel Debru | 6–2, 6–2 |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 9 (4–5)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (4–4)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Tunisia F25, Hammamet | Clay | Elliot Benchetrit | 4–6, 0–2 ret. |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2018 | Turkey F15, Antalya | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2022 | M25 Split, Croatia | Clay | Viacheslav Bielinskyi | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jun 2022 | M15 Kamen, Germany | Clay | David Pichler | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 2022 | M25 Wetzlar, Germany | Clay | Nick Hardt | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | Dec 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Yanaki Milev | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2023 | M15 Oberhaching, Germany | Hard (i) | Daniel Masur | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2023 | M25 Palma Nova, Spain | Clay | Pablo Llamas Ruiz | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2023 | M25 Bodrum, Turkey | Clay | George Loffhagen | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 1 (1–0)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2017 | Tunisia F25, Hammamet | Clay | Elliot Benchetrit | Aziz Dougaz Anis Ghorbel | 7–5, 6–3 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Henri Squire | Hugo Gaston Clément Tabur | 2–6, 2–6 |